Phi pamphlets — Appendix: quick reference

ReferenceThe canonical order

[Possessor] [Quantifier] [Deictic] [Number or lo] [Classifier] [Descriptors] [Noun]

The quantity positions are alternatives; a classifier appears only after a numeral or wia; no phrase fills every position.

ReferenceThe claims ladder

Expression	Claim
`melu`	number unstated; context carries
`lo melu`	more than one; no count
`ta melu`	exactly one
`wi melu`	exactly two
`ta shao melu`	exactly three
`shao melu`	approximately a three-group
`soli melu`	some; indefinite and nonzero
`sheloi melu`	contextually many

mu counts an exact zero; mawha quantifies none.

ReferenceThe quantifiers

Phi	Gloss	Range
`theula`	UNIV	the whole relevant set
`sheloi`	MANY	contextually large
`shelami`	MOST	the larger part
`soli`	SOME	indefinite, nonzero
`phina`	FEW	contextually small
`theli`	EACH	one by one
`wheli`	ANY	free choice within the set
`mawha`	NONE	no member or amount
`henoi`	ENOUGH	sufficient for the purpose
`wia`	how many	the question

ReferenceThe classifiers

Classifier	Gloss	Scope
`himo`	HUM.CLF	people
`lipha`	LIFE.CLF	other living beings
`themo`	THING.CLF	detached and crafted objects
`nophe`	ABST.CLF	concepts, time, events

Always optional; placed after the complete number expression; the counting pamphlet drills the choosing.

ReferenceWorking rules

A bare noun is a complete reference; context carries identity and, when unmarked, number.
One phrase takes one quantity marker: lo, a numeral, or a quantifier, never two together.
ta shao counts an exact three; bare shao claims a scale. Say what you counted, estimate what you gauged.
Classifiers ride on counts and on wia, never on ordinary quantifiers.
Descriptors stack in the order that groups them; every adjective is also its quality noun.
A noun before a noun modifies by association: owner, source, direction, kind, or character, resolved by context.
The possessor leads its phrase; the having claim takes phelu with the possessed thing as object.

ReferenceVocabulary in this pamphlet

Word	Say it	Meaning
`wiru`	wi · ru	basket
`nophi`	no · phi	story
`kerou`	ke · ro · u	stone
`lirowa`	li · ro · wa	leaf
`pukea`	pu · ke · a	danger
`nuora`	nu · o · ra	food
`napa`	na · pa	bread
`sulopa`	su · lo · pa	soup
`thepalu`	the · pa · lu	garden
`sila`	si · la	community
`luphore`	lu · pho · re	river
`nitho`	ni · tho	north
`thua`	thu · a	fair
`wesoma`	we · so · ma	mutual
`siloma`	si · lo · ma	simple

ReferenceCross-references

Manual chapter 11 owns the doctrine, the words-of vocabulary tours included
Manual chapter 12 for the numeral system the counts here draw on
canon.md for the phrase-internal nesting order and the clause-initial pronoun ruling
The counting pamphlet for classifier choice and arithmetic; the pronouns pamphlet for the deictics and possession-versus-subject; the three-slots pamphlet for the Slot 2 particles that ride inside phrases
Validate any Phi you write with python3 scripts/validate_examples.py

The noun phrase is Phi's smallest complete act of attention: everything before the noun narrows, nothing after it wanders, and the thing itself arrives exactly when the listener is ready to receive it. Build the phrase the situation earns, and the morning with two books on the table will never trouble you again.